Education-Related Diversity Resources
at NOVA's Alexandria Campus Library

 

 

BOOKS

   Classrooms & Students

   Faculty & Administration

   Campus Environment

   Affirmative Action

   Additional Titles

VIDEOS

PERIODICALS

WEBSITES

 

This is not a comprehensive list of diversity-related materials for higher education. To search for additional books, videos & dvds owned by the NOVA libraries, you can either search the Library Catalog or browse in the call number sections listed for the titles below.

 

BOOKS

 

Classrooms and Students

 

Adams, Maurianne (ed.).  Promoting Diversity in College Classrooms:  Innovative Responses for the Curriculum, Faculty, and Institutions.  LC1099.3.P76 X1992.

Applebaum, Peter.  Multicultural and Diversity Education: A Reference Handbook.    LC1099.3 .A66 2002.

Aragon, Steven R. (ed.).  Beyond Access: Methods and Models for Increasing Retention and Learning Among Minority Students.  LC3727 .B496x 2000.

Bellagio Citizenship Education and Diversity Conference.  Diversity and Citizenship Education: Global Perspectives.  LC1099 .B45 2004.

Bennett, Christine I.  Comprehensive Multicultural Education: Theory and Practice.  LC1099.3 .B46 1990.

Bok, Derek. Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning More. LB2322.2 .B65 2006.

Brookfield, Stephen D. & Stephen Preskill. "Discussion in Culturally Diverse Classrooms." "Discussing Across Gender Differences." Discussion as a Way of Teaching. LB2331 .B679 1999.

Campos, David. Diverse Sexuality and Schools: A Reference Handbook. LC192.6 .C26 2003

Commins, Nancy L. and Ofelia B. Miramontes.  Linguistic Diversity and Teaching.  LC201.5 .C59 2005.

Cummins, Jim & Dennis Sayers.  Brave New Schools: Challenging Cultural Illiteracy Through Global Learning Networks.   LA217.2 .C86 1997.

DeCapua, Andrea.  Crossing Cultures in the Language Classroom.   LC1099 .D39 2004.

Garcia, Ricardo L.  Teaching for Diversity.      LC1099.3 .G367 1998.

Geismar, Kathryn & Guitele Nicoleau (ed.).   Teaching for Change: Addressing Issues of Difference in the College Classroom.   LC1099.3 .T433 1993.

Gregory, Sheila T. The Academic Achievement of Minority Students. LC3731 .A57 2000.

Greive, Donald. "Teaching Adult Students: Diversity in the Classroom." A Handbook for Adjunct/Part-Time Faculty & Teachers of Adults. LB2331 .G72 2003.

Grubb, W. Norton & Associates. Honored but Invisible: An Inside Look at Teaching in Community Colleges. LB2331 .G78 1999.

Halpern, Diane F. "Developing Multicultural Understanding." Changing College Classrooms. LB2331 .C4543 1994.

Harris, Joyce, et al. (ed.). Literacy in African American Communities. LC2731 .L59 2001.

Hill, Howard D.  Effective Strategy for Teaching Minority Students.  LC3731.H54 X1989.

Howard, Gary R. We Can't Teach What We Don't Know. LC212.2 .H68 2006.

Howard, Kim, et al. (ed.). Out & About Campus: Personal Accounts by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgendered College Students. LC2574.6 .O87 2000.

Jackson, Cynthia L. African American Education: A Reference Handbook. LC2741 .J33 2001.

Johns, Ann M. & Maureen Kelley Sipp (ed.).   Diversity in College Classrooms:  Practices for Today’s Campuses.    LC212.42 .D58 2004.

Light, Richard J. Making the Most of College: Students Speak Their Minds. LD2160 .L54 2001.

Kells, Michelle Hall, et al. (ed.). Latino/a Discourses: On Language, Identity & Literacy Education. LC2672.4 .L37 2004.

King, Jacqueline (ed.). Changing Student Attendance Patterns: Challenges for Policy and Practice. LC148.2 .C44x 2003.

Orozco, Linda.  Perspectives: Educating Diverse Populations.  LC213 .P47 1998.

Osborn, Terry A. (ed.).  Language and Cultural Diversity in U.S. Schools: Democratic Principles in Action.    LC1099.3 .L37 2005.

Osgood, D. Wayne (ed.).  On Your Own without a Net:  The Transition to Adulthood for Vulnerable Populations.   HQ799.7 .O5 2005.

Pearce, Sarah.  You Wouldn’t Understand: White Teachers in Multiethnic Classrooms.  LC212.3 .G7 P43 2005.

Pearson, Carol S., Donna L. Shavlik, & Judith G. Touchton (ed.).   Educating the Majority: Women Challenge Tradition in Higher Education.  LC1756 .E38 1989.

Pederson, Paul B.  110 Experiences for Multicultural Learning.   LC1099.3 .P53 2004.

Podell, David. Perspectives: Educating Exceptional Learners. LC3965 .P47 1998.

Riddell, Sheila, Teresa Tinklin, & Alastair Wilson. Disabled Students in Higher Education: Perspectives on Widening Access & Changing Policy. LC4814 .G7 R53 2005

Savin-Williams, Ritch C. The New Gay Teenager. HQ76.25 .S395 2005

Schoem, David  [et al.] (ed.).   Multicultural Teaching in the University.  LC1099.3 .M86 1993.

Schultz, Fred (ed.). Annual Editions: Multicultural Education. LC1099.3 .M819 2006/07.

Shaw, Kathleen M., James R. Valadez, & Robert A. Rhoads (ed.).  Community Colleges as Cultural Texts:  Qualitative Explorations of Organizational and Student Culture.   LB2328.15.U6 C656 1999.

Talmadge C. Guy (ed.).   Providing Culturally Relevant Adult Education: A Challenge for the Twenty-first Century.  LC5225.S64 P763x 1999.

Tanaka, Greg.  The Intercultural Campus: Transcending Culture and Power in American Higher Education.    On Order.

Tiedt, Pamela L.  Multicultural Teaching: A Handbook of Activities, Information, and Resources.  LC1099.3 .T54 1990.

Wurzel, Jaime S. (ed.).  Toward Multiculturalism: A Reader in Multicultural Education.  LC1099 .T68 1988.

A Manual of Structured Experiences for Cross-cultural Learning.  LC1099 .M3X.

 

 

 

Faculty & Administration


Angel, Dan & Adriana Barrera (ed.).   Rekindling Minority Enrollment.   LC3727 .R45x 1991.  

Bowen, Raymond C. & Gilbert H. Muller (ed.).   Achieving Administrative Diversity.   LB2341 .A34x 1996.

Cole, Stephen & Elinor Barber. Increasing Faculty Diversity: The Occupational Choices of High-Achieving Minority Students. LB2332.6 .C65 2003.

Cox, Milton D. & Laurie Richlin (ed.). Building Faculty Learning Communities.  LB2331.7 .B85x 2004.

Hoppe, Sherry L. & Bruce W. Speck (ed.).  Identifying and Preparing Academic Leaders.   LB2341 .I234x 2004.

Moody, JoAnn.  Faculty Diversity: Problems and Solutions.   LB2332.6 .M66 2004.

Toth, Emily.  Ms. Mentor’s Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia.  LB2332.3 .T68 1997

Turner, Caroline S.V.   Diversifying the Faculty: A Guidebook for Search Committees.   LB2332.72 .T865x 2002

 

 

 

Campus Environment

 

Bunzel, John H.  Race Relations on Campus: Stanford Students Speak.  LD3036 .B86 1992.

Katz, Montana.  Get Smart!: A Woman’s Guide to Equality on Campus.  LC1756 .K36 1988.

Shiell, Timothy C.  Campus Hate Speech on Trial.  KF4772 .S445 1998.

Sidel, Ruth.  Battling Bias: The Struggle for Identity and Community on College Campuses.  LC212.42 .S53 1995.

Townsend, Barbara K. (ed).   Gender and Power in the Community College.  LB1567 .G46x 1995. 

United States Commission on Civil Rights.  Bigotry and Violence on American College Campuses.   LC212.762 .U55 1990.

 

 

 

Affirmative Action

 

Crosby, Faye J. & Cheryl VanDeVeer (ed.).  Sex, Race, and Merit: Debating Affirmative Action in Education and Employment.  LC212.42 .S49 2000.

Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education.   Making Affirmative Action Work in Higher Education:  An Analysis of Institutional and Federal Policies with Recommendations.     LC212.2 .C37 1975.

Laird, Bob.  The Case for Affirmative Action in University Admissions.  LC212.42 .L35 2005.

Salinas, Moises F.  The Politics of Stereotype: Psychology and Affirmative Action.  LC212.42 .S35 2003.

 

 

Additional Titles

 

Bowers, C.A.  Let Them Eat Data:  How Computers Affect Education, Cultural Diversity, and the Prospects of Ecological Sustainability. QA76.9.C66 B68 2000.

D’Souza, Dinesh.  Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus.  LA227.4 .D77 1991.

Barry, Brian.  Culture and Equality:  An Egalitarian Critique of Multiculturalism.   HM1271 .B37 2001. 

Jackson, Cynthia L. and Eleanor F. Nunn. Historically Black Colleges & Universities. LC2781 .J26 2003.

Merisotis, Jamie P. et al. (ed.). Minority-Serving Institutions: Distinct Purposes, Common Goals. LC3727 .M553x 1998.

Page, Scott E. The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies. HF5549.5 .M5 P34 2007

Solomon, Barbara Miller.  In the Company of Educated Women: A History of Women and Higher Education in America.  LC1752 .S65 1985.

Webster, Yehudi O.   Against the Multicultural Agenda: A Critical Thinking Alternative.   LC1099.3 .W43 1997. 

 

 

VIDEOS

 

Challenging Hispanic Stereotypes: Arturo Madrid. (Bill Moyers) [vhs] LC2670 .C52x 1994.

Diversity [vhs].  LB1139.23 .E2722x 1996b.

Diversity in Higher Education: Can We Meet the Challenge [vhs]. LC2781 .D58x 1991.

Effective Tools for Resolving Minority Issues in Community Colleges: Opportunities & Obstacles for Students, Faculty & Administrators of Color. [vhs]. LC2781 .E34x 1995.

Men of Color: Absence in Academia [vhs] LC3727 .M46x 1990.

Recruiting & Retaining Minority Students, Faculty & Administrators. [vhs] LC3731 .R43x 1992.

Shattering the Silences [vhs].  LB2332.72 .S53x 1997.

Skin Deep [vhs]. HT1521 .S56x 1995.

Victim of Two Cultures: Richard Rodriguez. (Bill Moyers)[vhs]. LC2670 .R52x 1994.

 

 

PERIODICALS

 

NOVA Libraries subscribe to thousands of periodicals, some in print, most online. Listed below are a few places to search for diversity-related articles; to find out if we subscribe to a specific periodical (e.g., Diverse Issues in Higher Education), click here and search for the title you're interested in.

 

MultiCultural Review:  Dedicated to a Better Understanding of Ethnic, Racial, and Religious Diversity. (Periodical, paper)

 

ERIC Publications

On the Library Databases page (www.nvcc.edu/library/databases.htm) select Humanities-Education to go to the ERIC database.  Some of the documents (ED #s) are available full-text online.  Many of the journal articles are also available online through JSTOR, ProQuest, Academic Search Complete, etc.

 

Ethnic NewsWatch

On the Library Databases page (www.nvcc.edu/library/databases.htm) select ProQuest.  ProQuest searches Ethnic NewsWatch periodicals as part of a standard search; you can also opt to search just in Ethnic NewsWatch.

 

Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education

www.eastern.edu/publications/emme

“The Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education (EMME) is a free-access e-journal published twice a year for international scholars, practitioners, and students of multicultural education. EMME is committed to providing a forum in which scholarly and practical ideas can be exchanged to strengthen the theories and practices of multicultural education.”

 

 

WEB SITES

 

Teaching in Support of Student Success: Multicultural Teaching and Learning (IUPUI)  http://www.opd.iupui.edu/TSSS_modules/inclusive/introduction/1.htm

 

Multicultural Pavilion

http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/

 

Diversity Web

http://www.diversityweb.org/Digest/what_is.cfm

“Diversity Digest is a periodical published by the Association of American Colleges and Universities to provide campus practitioners with readily available information about successful diversity initiatives around the country.”

 

Vincent Tinto

http://www.seattleu.edu/cetl/tinto.htm - he focuses on the “social dimensions of student learning.”

 

Resources for Multicultural Teaching and Learning / U. of Minn.

http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/resources/diversity/resources.html